Color theories: Color wheel for designers
We understand that picking a color scheme may be difficult, but what if we told you there was a foolproof approach to come up with a color scheme that's not only pleasing to the eye but also one you'll like living with? The key is to grasp how to use the color wheel to develop winning color combinations. The color wheel is structured to display how colors naturally interact, blend, and contrast, based on scientific color principles. It comes in 12 different hues and three different categories: primary, secondary, and tertiary. Red, yellow and blue are the primary colors. These three hues are the foundation for all other colors. The secondary colors (orange, green, and violet) are generated by combining two primaries and placed between each color on the color wheel. Mixing the primary color with a secondary color adjacent to it creates tertiary colors. Yellow-orange, red-orange, red-violet, blue-violet, blue-green, and yellow-green are the colors involved. The color wheel is an
Monotone colors Using a monochromatic palette may give you a very polished aesthetic. Monochromatic color schemes are derived from a single base hue and extended shades, tones and tints. Tints are achieved by adding white, and shades and tones by adding a darker color, gray or black.